When most of us learn about the solar system, it seems like a pretty well-ordered place. Our sun formed first, about five billion years ago, and the planets appeared a little later. As a very general ...

How are the most common types of planets made? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as a team of ...

A groundbreaking study published in Communications Earth & Environment has called into question the long-standing assumptions about how our solar system came to be. Tiny shavings from a meteorite ...

Space experts believe that the 'Dracula' disc could offer new insights into planetary formation, especially in massive ...

Peering through a cosmic keyhole at distant baby star, astronomers may have opened a new window on the deep past of our own solar system. Weighing in at 0.6 solar mass, HOPS-315 should someday grow to ...

In a cosmic first, scientists identified signs of early planet formation by looking deep into the gas disk around a baby star far outside our solar system. Astronomers have discovered the earliest ...

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1 / 6 | Visual: In this diagram, J, S, U, and N are the solar system’s giant planets. What’s the collective name for the objects in blue?

Cape Canaveral: Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star , providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system . It’s ...